Early Stage 1 Program - The Coast
Program overview
Your Kindergarten students will love their day with us at the CEC! This engaging program focuses on building a connection to special places, exploring the human and natural features of our local coastal environment, and discovering the unique plants and animals that live there.
Our experienced team work closely with you to shape the day, ensuring the activities, focus, and outcomes best suit your students’ needs and your curriculum priorities.
Syllabus inquiry questions
- What do we notice about living things?
- What makes a place special?
- How can we look after places we live in?
Learning experiences
Students will have the opportunity to explore the Coastal Environment Centre through a range of hands-on and engaging activities. They will freely investigate our interactive exhibits, learning about coastal environments, living things, and how natural and human features shape the coast.
Teachers can choose from a range of structured learning experiences, including:
- Outdoor exploration using binoculars to observe and identify coastal features and wildlife
- Creative nature-based activities such as bush and beach art
- Interactive storytelling through our play: Remi the Raindrop
- Investigating habitats, native plants, and how living things survive in coastal environments
- Up-close encounters with our resident animals
Our team will work with you to tailor a program that aligns with your class focus, whether Science, HSIE, or a combination of both.
Buddies
A variation on our “The Coast” program. Bring your Kindergarten students with their Stage 3 Buddies on a special day out of bonding and learning. On this day there is the option to take students onto the Rock Platform at North Narrabeen if the booking aligns with a suitable low tide. Discuss these options with our team when booking.
Key syllabus outcomes
2015 and 2017 syllabus
Geography: People and Places
A student:
- Describes features of places and the connections people have with places GE1-1
- Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry GE1-3
Science: Living world
A student:
- Describes observable features of living things and their environment ST1-4LW-S
- Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources ST1-10ES-S
- Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST1-2DP-T
2024 syllabus
HSIE: People are connected to places
HSE-GEO-01: identifies and locates places people connect with, using geographical information
Science: Observations and questions spark curiosity
STE-SCI-01: identifies and describes characteristics of living things, properties of materials, and movement
STE-PQU-01: poses questions based on observations to collect data
Key question:
Why are coastal environments important and how can we look after them?
